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Georgia and Notre Dame Rise in CFP Rankings

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In Short: Hunter Yurachek, the CFP committee chair, noted that Notre Dame's performance against Miami was a key factor in their rise.

College Football Week 11 Power Rankings: Georgia reclaims No. 1, Notre Dame back in Top 3, SEC chaos. CBS Sports College Football

Georgia secured the top position in the second College Football Playoff rankings, released Tuesday night, after defeating Ole Miss on the road.

Notre Dame climbed six spots to No. 5, following their 31-24 victory over Miami.

UCLA also made significant gains, moving up four spots to No. 4, marking their highest ranking since 2001.

The rankings saw several other notable changes, including Indiana's drop from No. 1 to No. 8.

Hunter Yurachek, the CFP committee chair, noted that Notre Dame's performance against Miami was a key factor in their rise.

The committee's final rankings will be announced on December 6, with three more Tuesday-night rankings shows before then.

The hypothetical bracket for the College Football Playoff, if it began today, includes matchups such as No. 24 Boise State against No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 11 Kentucky against No. 6 Texas.

Georgia received 53 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel, while Utah received 12 and Notre Dame got five.

The rankings reflect the results of a busy weekend of games, which reset the opening-week top 25 rankings and produced more confusion than certitude.

What this adds

Background

What's confirmed

• Georgia moved into the top spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame moved up six notches to No.
• That, along with undefeated UCLA's move up four spots to No.
• The second of the CFP’s six rankings reveals had its usual share of head-scratchers, starting with Indiana dropping five spots to No.
• There was bound to be some whiplash involved in the release of the second version of this season's College Football Playoff rankings — especially coming off a weekend packed with big games that would reset an opening-week top 25 that produced more confusion than certitude.
• There are three more Tuesday-night rankings shows before the bracket is set on Dec.
• We spent all of the CFP ranking shows last year wondering why Miami was ranked below Notre Dame despite the Hurricanes having the same record and a head-to-head win over the Irish from Week 1.

What's still developing

• Simultaneously, the Bulldogs made an emphatic statement by demolishing Ole Miss on the road in Oxford, clearing the path for Kirby Smart and the Dawgs to sit atop the CFP Rankings heading into Week 11.
• Meanwhile, UCLA, one of two remaining unbeatens in the FBS, joined the top four and Notre Dame rose to No.
• In the span of just one week since the first reveal of the 2026 College Football Playoff rankings, there are shake-ups everywhere.
• 6-ranked Alabama all suffered losses on Saturday — and that's before you consider that Houston also beat Oklahoma State, Ole Miss blasted Missouri, Ohio State was the one who beat Indiana just as BYU was the one to take down Notre Dame, Miami needed double overtime (and the refs) to outlast a Florida State upset and so much more.
• The Fighting Irish’s 31-24 win over Miami pushed them up one rung to No.
• UCLA is 9-0 for the first time since 1998 and moved up to No.
• Cloudy skies early, then off and on rain showers overnight.

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• The Tribune-Democratlink
• CBS Sports College Football — video link
• ESPN College Football — video link